Tom
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Tom posted an update 2 weeks ago
Analysis question
I’ll try again…. Hi everyone, I’m going through the review of this game and am struggling with the analysis of the mid-game….. my move 17 being marked as highly suspect which I understand. Why is my move 19 not being marked up as a blunder? Any assistance would be appreciated.
https://www.chess.com/game/daily/886047557
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havoc1371 (1168) vs tji2014 (1101). havoc1371 won by checkmate in 34 moves over 1 week. Click to review the game, move by move.
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It looks like by black going Qg6 you set yourself up for a nice pin/fork with Bd3. They are threatening two moves: 1) Ke7 check with a discovered attack with the bishop on your queen and 2) threatening to take your knight on c2 because it’s trapped. You negate all of this by not stepping into that pin/fork by going Qf6.
In general this is where I…
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That linked video has some very good ideas on reviewing games. Thanks for the link.
Getting back to Tom’s original question, my guess is that since the engine’s evaluation rating goes from +4.4 after your move 17, to +5.5 after your move 18, then up to +6.25 after your move 19. So the engine had you in a solidly losing position and the…
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Tough spot no doubt. I’ve found really focusing on calculation and really taking my time has lead to improving my chess the most. At the end of the day what the engine is doing is just calculation, but at a very deep level. So we as humans might as well get as good as possible at it.
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Tom posted an update 3 weeks ago
Just lost a game to a grade 663, who I had captured his Queen with a fork. Very expensive loss….. dropped my grade by about 50. *ouch* Being a queen down, I wasn’t really expecting him to still be looking for a mate – expensive lesson to learn!
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Keep after it friend! Try not to focus on the rating number! Im a slow learner but still getting better 👍🏼
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Happens to the best of us. I try not to focus on ELO so much as I do learning. If I learned something from the game it’s a win in my book. If I learned something from a loss then it’s really going to stick!
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Tom posted an update 3 months ago
Time for a bit of reflection…. started Nelson’s course 3 weeks ago…..
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Tom posted an update 3 months ago
Bishop + pawn vs 4 pawns and I managed to lose it. My end game sucks even more than my openings and mid-game….. I’m having a bad day, might be time to have a break, that’s two in a row I’ve lost
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Tom posted an update 3 months ago
Can anyone help me please?
Why is the review recommending my rook go to c7? Why would their queen not take my rook?
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Oh man…..I’m still getting used to learning how to use the stockfish analysis. I can see what I missed now. Think that is called a decoy…..bit beyond my level at the moment but I can see how useful it is in that situation. What a missed opportunity! Cost me the game. 🙁
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Tom posted an update 3 months ago
Thought for a moment I was going to have a cheeky Tennyson on my hands, turned out to be a monumental fail in disguise
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OMG! Just received this following message twice from chess.com, saying the game above and my previous were some kind of cheating: “We have detected that one or more of your recent opponents has violated our Fair Play Policy. As compensation for potentially unfair rating losses, we adjusted your following ratings:
Rapid: 1040 + 11 =>…
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Tom posted an update 3 months ago
Wild game! Completely crazy! I had only 70% accuracy, my opponent only 60% accuracy and yet my opponent was completely dominating the game. I somehow managed to find 2 brilliant moves according to the review to, then scrape a perpetual check….completely nuts game, and I was extremely fortunate to get a point out of it.
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Tom posted an update 3 months ago
Don’t want to jinx this, but pre-course I was at 929, and I’ve just gone through the 1000 barrier and now at 1008. Hope I don’t live to regret putting this up, but actually quite chuffed that I’ve got through 1000.
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6 days ago I broke through 1000 and tonight I have reached 1100.
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Tom posted an update 3 months ago
Owen’s defence supremo!!!! Really pleased with this one, my opponent was 100 points over my grade
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Lots of great tactics there!
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Tom posted an update 4 months ago
In round 7 of the Texas tournament, why did that bishop move from your opponent Nelson necessitate sac’ing your Queen?
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I wondered the same thing and did an analysis on it. If he unpins the queen by moving it, there’s too many discoveries and forks with the knights and bishops that you end up losing too much material (worse than queen).
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Tom, losing the queen for 2 pieces is losing 9 and getting 6 points so really just like losing a piece (3 points). Of course that’s not ideal, but the other scenarios seemed even worse mainly to my king coming under fire. At least the way I did the game could go on and I had a fighting chance (although slim).
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